chapterlike

Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).

Adjective

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
    • The central narrative, purportedly the literal translation into Spanish of an English-language manuscript consisting of five numbered chapterlike sequences... - 2000, RenĂ© de Costa, Humor in Borges:
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (branch of an organisation).
    • These groups differed from previous organizations because they were composed of chapterlike committees in villages, towns, and refugee camps... - 2005, Frances Susan Hasso, Resistance, repression, and gender politics in...

Origin

From chapter + -like.

Forms

more chapterlike most chapterlike